Mona Lisa (Hermitage)

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Hermitage Mona Lisa

Artist	Unknown
Year	c. 1550
Medium	Oil on canvas
Subject	Lisa Gherardini
Dimensions	71 cm × 53 cm (28 in × 21 in)
Location	Hermitage Museum, Peterburg

Hermitage Mona Lisa is a painting on canvas, which was made by an unknown painter in the mid-16th century and is located in the Hermitage Museum of Saint Petersburg. It was transferred from the Antikvariat All-Union Association and entered the Hermitage in 1931.^[1]

Description

This is a portrait of Lisa Gherardini, best known as Mona Lisa or Gioconda, and is a clear copy of Leonardo da Vinci's early 16th century Mona Lisa. This version slightly differs from da Vinci's artwork, exhibited at the Louvre in Paris, and its good workmanship, legibility, and expressiveness have been pointed out.^{[by whom?]} The execution of the portrait is presumably of Nordic Europe derivation, in particular German-Flemish.

The face of the model is younger than da Vinci's version, and the rear panorama presents two columns, which are absent in the original. Many have called this picture Gioconda with columns. Two columns are found in other copies such as Gioconda of Oslo in National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Gioconda of Baltimore in Walters Art Museum and Gioconda of Reynolds in Dulwich Picture Gallery.^[2]^[3]

Analysis

Scientific analysis was carried out on the canvas and baryte, called barium sulphate in chemistry, was found. It is a mineral used for the preparation of the support, especially in the years ranging from 1620 to 1680, but when this substance was used, Leonardo had been dead for more than a century.^[4]

Notes

^ Hermitage official web site
^ "La Gioconda e le sue sorelle. Gemelle. O più giovani o vecchie. Qual è la vostra Monna Lisa ideale?". March 22, 2019.
^ "Le copie ovvero le versioni de "La Gioconda" a confronto: valutazione storico-artistica e diagnostico-analitica. 1° parte". January 30, 2017.
^ "La Gioconda (o Monna Lisa) di Leonardo da Vinci: analisi". February 16, 2016.

v t e Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa
Lisa del Giocondo (subject)
Replicas	Isleworth Mona Lisa (16th century) Mona Lisa (Prado, c. 1503–1516) Hermitage Mona Lisa (c. 1550) L.H.O.O.Q. (1919) Mini Lisa (2013)
Related	Replicas and reinterpretations Speculations Male Mona Lisa theories Two–Mona Lisa theory Timeline of fictional stories about the Mona Lisa La Joconde nue
1911 theft	Eduardo de Valfierno Yves Chaudron Vincenzo Peruggia
On screen	The Theft of the Mona Lisa (1931) Arsène Lupin (1932) The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen (1966) City of Death (1979) Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase (1992) Mona Lisa's Revenge (2009) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
Music	Mona Lisa (1915 opera) "Mona Lisa" (1950 song) "Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile" (1984 song) "Lisa Mona Lisa" (1988 song) "The Ballad of Mona Lisa" (2011 song) "The Mona Lisa" (2013 song) In Search of Mona Lisa (2019 EP)
Literature	The Second Mrs. Giaconda (1975) I, Mona Lisa (2006) The Smile (2008)

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